Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 502 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
2. 2.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) an email ID
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks

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